Medicine & TechnologyMIT research shows that brain cells break their own double-stranded DNA as one learns quickly. DNA damage, although known to have negative effects, has beneficial functions.
A new study led by Japanese researchers managed to configure graphene-diamond junctions to mimic certain functions of the human brain, opening possibilities for more complex computing devices.
Researchers from Yale University found that the hippocampus, the brain's memory center, can already recognize and learn patterns as young as three months.
A new study shows that merely accomplishing two tasks at once like photo-taking and viewing could result in the impairment or damage of memory, especially pertaining to those photographed objects.
A study on mice showed that sensory information is rotated in the brain by 90 degrees to turn them into memories without the new information overlapping with the short-term memory.